Keating's Coffee House

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2008

Here, inside a Metro supermarket at 80 Front Street East, is a Bruce Bell History Project plaque which says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.648994 -79.373474

On this site in 1833 stood Keating's Coffee House, also known as York's Fourth Theater. In the back hall that was about 20 m long and held two to three hundred people theatrical and operatic performances took place. Patrons sat on wooden benches, tickets were about 2 cents, lighting was by candlelight, programs were slips of paper and a comedy team known as Mr. and Mrs. Thorne were a huge draw.

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